Borsa di dottorato in biblioteconomia digitale alla Rice University, Texas
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Inserito il 16/10/2011
Location: Houston, Texas, United States
>Institution Type: College/University
>Position Type: Post-doctoral fellow
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>Position: A two-year post-doctoral fellowship in the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao
>Center for Asian Studies at Rice University, with the possibility to extend
>for an additional year. Stipend: $40,000 per year, plus benefits.
>Applications will be accepted until position is filled.
>
>Responsibilities:
>(1) Interested in research with ephemera and interested in developing new
>protocols and methods for storing and sharing ephemera.
>- Develop a theme for a series of conferences.
>(2) Develop a long term strategy for organizational and individual
>contributions to the archive
>- Negotiate agreements with organizers, scholars, libraries and universities
>- Report to Luce foundation twice a year.
>(3) Collaborating with Fondren Center for Digital Scholarship
>administrative, research and technical staff.
>- Work with the coordinator for digital archives to assess the usability of
>tools and
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>practices used by archivists to review and process born-digital materials.
>(4) Organize student field researchers.
>- Teach basic research methods.
>- Oversee student research.
>(5) Develop technical web interface to facilitate archive submissions.
>- Handle variations in Dublincore metadata.
>- Work with programmers on the interface.
>- Remain aware of developing technology issues
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>Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in a humanities or social sciences
>discipline. Experience with humanities and social science research methods.
>Recommended Qualifications: Experience in ephemera collections, particularly
>advertisements. Experience in developing or working on an archive.
>Preferred skills: Chinese language, in particular. Other Asian language
>skills.
>
>Application: Applicants may submit their application electronically to
>chaoctr@rice.edu. All other applicants are requested to mail three letters
>of reference, one hard copy of a writing sample (no more than 25 pages), a
>cover letter and a current CV. Cover letters should discuss applicants
>interest in developing and pioneering a digital ephemera archive.
>
>Meagan Williams
>Chao Center for Asian Studies (MS-475)
>Rice University
>P.O. Box 1892
>Houston, Texas 77251-1892 USA
>Email address: chaoctr@rice.edu
